Posted on 04/09/2024 12:51:27 PM PDT by Red Badger
It may not be to everyone's taste, but kombucha tea may be able to deliver the benefits of fasting, without the hardest part – the fasting itself. Researchers found that when the yeasts and bacteria from the fermented, sweetened tea colonized the gut, they altered fat metabolism, without any other dietary changes, resulting in lower fat stores.
At the center of these findings is the flora found in kombucha tea's SCOBY (Symbiotic Cultures of Bacteria and Yeasts), the gelatinous starter, rich in microbes, found floating near the surface of the fermented liquid. The probiotic microbes, including species of Acetobacter, Lactobacillus and Komagataeibacter genera, have previously been linked to a range of positive health benefits including lowering blood pressure.
Now, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered how, in Caenorhabditis elegans, kombucha's microbes directly influence intestinal gene expression, particularly in those linked to fat metabolism. The introduced flora boosted the proteins needed to break down fat, while conversely they helped dial down the formation of proteins that help build the lipid (or fat) compounds known as triglycerides.
While triglycerides are the most common forms of fat circulating in the human body, and play an important role in energy storage and release, excess calorie intake can result in high levels of these lipids and drive comorbidities of obesity such as heart disease.
The changes in fat metabolism – the way specific proteins were dialed up and down, ultimately reducing fat stores – produced a cellular effect much like that of fasting. Here, however, no reduction or limiting of food intake was required.
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HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN KOMBUCHA:
https://food52.com/drinks/non-alcoholic/27977-how-to-make-kombucha-at-home
I’ve never tried kombucha and this description is not inspiring me: “...the gelatinous starter, rich in microbes, found floating near the surface of the fermented liquid.”
As with anything, drink in moderation. Probably no more than a bottle/day. In addition to changing one’s lifestyle.
You never see the insides of a beer or whisky still............
what does kombucha have that sour kraut and kefir don’t have.
also, how do you minimize the sugar in kombucha? (maybe it should be seeded with honey instead of sugar?)
Actually it floats at the bottom of the bottle. You're not supposed to shake it up for that reason.
what’s a good one to buy that’s already made?
I was in a whiskey still in Kentucky about 20 years ago—during the wedding of a friend of mine. the brewery was cool but the barn they stored the whiskey in —was something else. It was the smell. It made me want to lie down and breathe it forever until I died.
I had to stop drinking 30 years ago because I was a heavy drinker. But even then, the drink was mostly beer. I knew even then that if I started on a good Jack Daniels—I would drink until I died. I was shocked to discover a decade later that —even the smell of a fine bourbon could make me swoon.
I did not drink at that distillery or even later. But the ache of letting go was a little like the ache of the loss of a woman.
Thanks God I never developed a taste fore alcohol. I drank in the Marines with my buddies to be sociable but I never really liked it all that much. Beer in my fridge lasts for years...............
Aldi’s sells a brand , can’t remember the name.
And usually the Asian stores sell it.................
You’d think they could easily put the goo into a pill.
Plain milk yogurt has same benefits.
A still is not used to make beer. My guess is the gross parts of a whisky still are the parts that hold what is left behind, not the part that is consumed.
However, for years the two of us were on prescription acid reducers and still frequently waking up needing Tums or similar for heartburn.
Started taking about 4-6 ounces of kombucha each day over three years ago. Quite taking the prescription meds at same time. Only two or three mild episodes in three years for both of us.
Got several friends and family members with similar issues to try it. Same success.
Not a biologist. Can’t explain how it works exactly to manage stomach acid. But, it was and is a spectacular success for us.
We’ve found the GTS and Synergy brands both most effective and best tasting. It is an acquired taste. A bit like apple cider vinegar.
Yeah, beer in my dad’s fridge lasted for years. I never understood how he did it.
I’ll never beer in my fridge. Too dangerous.
“I’ve never tried kombucha....”
I tried an alcohol version a couple years ago. Reviews said it was on the higher end of the scale. THANKFULLY I only bought one can....absolute Krap.
BTTT!!!
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